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Pyura
Pyura is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, Pyura are filter feeders.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 98 known species
Cunjevoi
speciesPyura praeputialis
Kaeo Sea Tulip
speciesPyura pachydermatina
Giant Sea Tulip
speciesPyura spinifera
Red Bait
speciesPyura stolonifera
Lumpy sea tulip
speciesPyura gibbosa
Pink-siphon sea squirt
speciesPyura dura
Pyura chilensis
speciesPyura chilensis
Wrinkled Tunicate
speciesPyura haustor
Pyura microcosmus
speciesPyura microcosmus
Pyura squamulosa
speciesPyura squamulosa
Herdman's redbait
speciesPyura herdmani
Pyura tessellata
speciesPyura tessellata
Pyura doppelgangera
speciesPyura doppelgangera
Pyura legumen
speciesPyura legumen
Pyura fissa
speciesPyura fissa
Pyura dalbyi
speciesPyura dalbyi
Pyura australis
speciesPyura australis
Pyura torpida
speciesPyura torpida
Pyura mirabilis
speciesPyura mirabilis
Iridescent Blue Siphon Pyura
speciesPyura vittata
Pyura abradata
speciesPyura abradata
Pyura irregularis
speciesPyura irregularis
Pyura gangelion
speciesPyura gangelion
Pyura lignosa
speciesPyura lignosa
Pyura bouvetensis
speciesPyura bouvetensis
Pyura vannamei
speciesPyura vannamei
Pyura tasmanensis
speciesPyura tasmanensis
Pyura lepidoderma
speciesPyura lepidoderma
Pyura obesa
speciesPyura obesa
Pyura setosa
speciesPyura setosa
Pyura subuculata
speciesPyura subuculata
Pyura beta
speciesPyura beta
Pyura suteri
speciesPyura suteri
Pyura baliensis
speciesPyura baliensis
Pyura breviramosa
speciesPyura breviramosa
Pyura cadamostoi
speciesPyura cadamostoi
Pyura camranica
speciesPyura camranica
Pyura cancellata
speciesPyura cancellata
Pyura carnea
speciesPyura carnea
Pyura comma
speciesPyura comma
Pyura confragosa
speciesPyura confragosa
Pyura crinita
speciesPyura crinita
Pyura curvigona
speciesPyura curvigona
Pyura discoveryi
speciesPyura discoveryi
Pyura discrepans
speciesPyura discrepans
Pyura duplicata
speciesPyura duplicata
Pyura erythrostoma
speciesPyura erythrostoma
Pyura georgiana
speciesPyura georgiana
Pyura hebridensis
speciesPyura hebridensis
Pyura honu
speciesPyura honu
Pyura hupferi
speciesPyura hupferi
Pyura inopinata
speciesPyura inopinata
Pyura isobella
speciesPyura isobella
Pyura littoralis
speciesPyura littoralis
Pyura lutea
speciesPyura lutea
Pyura lycoperdon
speciesPyura lycoperdon
Pyura mariscata
speciesPyura mariscata
Pyura millari
speciesPyura millari
Pyura molguloides
speciesPyura molguloides
Pyura mozambica
speciesPyura mozambica
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 126967.